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are manuscripts on Carita, Purana, Kathā and Natak. The works written by non-Jaina authors are also in good number and such old manuscripts written on palm leaves are not easily available even in the non-Jaina Bhandars. We find the Manuscripts of Kuvalaya-Mālā, Kavya-Mimänsä by Raja Sekhar, Kavya-Darśa by Someswar Bhatta, Kavya Prakasa by Mammața and Naisadha Carita by Sri Harśa copied in the 12th and 13th century.
The total number of paper manuscripts are 1704. They are not preserved as individual manuscript but in Pothis which may be called Guṭakās. On paper also there are old manuscripts.
Some of the important manuscripts preserved in the Grantha Bhandar are
as follows
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Jaina Grantha Bhandars in Rajasthan.
2. Pauma Cariya :-Composed by Vimala Suri. It is a Mahākāvya written in Prakrit. The manuscript is on palm leaves and was copied in the year 1141 A.D.1
Candraprabha Swami Caritra-by Yasodeva Suri. It is in Prakrit and was composed by the author in the year 1121 A. D The manuscript was copied in the year 1160 A.D.
3. Hitopadesämritam-composed by Paramanand Suri in Prakrit language. The total Gathas are 520 and the manuscript is dated Samvat 1310 (1253 A.D.).
4. Vasudeva Hindi-by Sanghadása Vacak written in Prakrit and deals with the life of Vasudeva3 The manuscript is rare one.
5. Sūnuinātha Caritam by Devacandra Sūri. The manuscript was written in the year 1103 A. D. This is also a rare manuscript. The work is in Prakrit prose and poem.
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सवत् १२१७ चैत्र बदि ६ बुधो छ। ब्रह्मागागच्छे प० श्रमयकुमारस्य ।
2. संवत् ११३८ कार्तिक यदि १३ || || महाराजाधिराजश्रीजयसिंह देवविजयराज्ये भृगुकच्छसमवस्थितेन लिखितेयं सिल्लरगेन ||छ ।
3. बसुदेव हिडि प्रथम खण्डं संघदासवाचककृतम् ।
शान्तिरित प्राकृतगद्यपद्यमयं ११५० वर्ष हेमसरिगुरुदेव चन्द्रसूरीयम् ।
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